The Department of Commerce undertook the preparatory phase of Special Campaign 5.0 from September 15th, 2025, to September 30th, 2025. All attached and subordinate offices, Public Sector Undertakings, Organizations, and autonomous bodies of the Department were instructed to prepare a Plan of Action and share it with the Department for uploading to a dedicated web portal. Organizations were also asked to appoint and train Nodal officers.
Activities included identifying pending VIP references, Public Grievances and PG appeals, IMC references, PMO references, and Parliament assurances. Over 21,000 physical files were identified for review. Over 200 campaigns for cleanliness were identified, as well as obsolete and unused scrap materials like old chairs, furniture, water-coolers, and air conditioners, and six staff cars and a lot of old tyres identified for condemnation/disposal. Over 1500 kgs of unused/waste items identified for disposal/clearance, freeing up approximately 2000 square feet of space. The Department encourages all offices/organizations to identify pending references, unusable/scrap items, and cleanliness campaigns. The preparatory phase supports the Special Campaign 5.0 implementation from October 2nd to October 31st, 2025.
Posted on October 1, 2025, at 6:36 PM by PIB Delhi. (Release ID: 2173782). Contacts: Abhishek Dayal/Abhijith Narayanan/Shabbir Azad.
Key Entities Referenced
Special Campaign 5.0: A campaign undertaking in the Department of Commerce.
Department of Commerce: The department undertaking the Special Campaign 5.0.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Preparatory Phase of Special Campaign 5.0
undertaken in Department of Commerce
Posted On: 01 OCT 2025 6:36PM by PIB Delhi
The preparatory phase of the Special Campaign 5.0 from 15th September 2025 to 30th September 2025
started in the Department of Commerce with the communication to all the attached and subordinate offices,
Public Sector Undertakings, Organisations and autonomous bodies of the Department to prepare a Plan of
action in the prescribed format and share the same with the Department for uploading the data on the
dedicated web portal.The organisations were also asked to appoint Nodal officers and train them for their
specific roles and responsibilities to ensure seamless coordination during the campaign period.
During the preparatory phase the organisations of the Department have undertaken a range of activities
specified in the action plan such as identification of pending VIP reference, Public Grievances and PG
appeals, IMC references, PMO references, and Parliament assurances.In record management, more than
twenty-one thousand physical files have been identified for review. So far, more than two hundred campaigns
for cleanliness have also been identified. Similarly, obsolete and unused scrap materials such as old chairs,
furniture, water-coolers and air-conditioners have been identified for condemnation/disposal. Six staff cars
and lot of old tyres have been identified for condemnation and disposal. Further, unused and waste items
weighing more than one thousand five hundred kgs have been identified for disposal/clearance. All this will
result in freeing approx. two thousand square feet of space.
The Department is constantly encouraging all the offices and organisations to further strive in identifying
pending references, unusable/scrap items and cleanliness campaigns. The preparatory phase has set a strong
foundation for the successful implementation of Special Campaign 5.0 from 2nd October to 31st October
2025.
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Abhishek Dayal/Abhijith Narayanan/Shabbir Azad
(Release ID: 2173782)